Alvin Ailey

By Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney

Book Overview

An informative and inspiring biography of Alvin Ailey, the great African-American dancer and choreographer, created by The New York Times bestselling and award-winning duo Andrea David Pinkney and Brian Pinkey. Since he was a young boy in Navasota, Texas, Alvin Ailey loved to stomp his feed and clap his hands to the music of the True Vine Baptist choir. Later, he learned how to dance. He spent some time with the best teachers of the era and eventually started his own modern dance company, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. This is the story of Alvin Ailey's life--a life that left its imprint as much on the history of the American people as on the history of modern dance. Don't miss the other Great Black Performers biographies: Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1562824139
• ISBN13: 9781562824136
• Release Date: January 1900
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.8" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 6 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 3

Customer Reviews

Dancer's dream

I think that this book was a really good book because, Alvin make his dream come true by dancing on a stage. I recommend this book to those people who wanted to dance and make their dreams come true.

DANCING TO HIS OWN BEAT: ALVIN AILEY

Readers may have heard the name "Alvin Ailey" but this book makes the man live. From the time he was a kid his life was music: at first in church. Alvin's moving, leaping body is caught perfectly in the scratchboard illustrations toned with watercolors and acrylic. A fine top choice biography of an African-American artist!